A Researcher Constructs a Scatter Plot and Notices That It

question 13

True/False

A researcher constructs a scatter plot and notices that it shows a linear trend such that scores on the X-axis increase as scores on the Y-axis decrease. The correlation coefficient that describes the relationship between X and Y should therefore be negative.

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